More than 100 years ago, our founder, Kaiun Mishima encountered "cultured milk" (a substance that milk of livestock is fermented by lactobacilli) in Inner Mongolia.

Kaiun realized that lactobacilli were the keys to the tastiness and better health, and strongly felt that he wanted to make a lot of people happy by developing something tasty and healthy. He began the development upon returning to Japan. CALPIS, the first lactic acid drink in Japan, was then born in 1919.

This strong desire to make people happy by developing something tasty and healthy was our company’s starting point, and has been handed down for generations.

We want to be a company that creates values in both physical health and a feeling of happiness, which is symbolized by smiles invoked from good taste, on a global scale. Such desire is expressed in our company slogan "Karada ni Peace Calpis".

Making full use of our lactobacilli and fermentation technologies developed over the years, we are working on creating "brand-new tastiness" and "products that contributes to better health", and "providing useful techniques to our society utilizing the power of microorganisms". These strong desires lead us to develop original products and techniques, which then reach our customers.

We continue taking new challenges every day to make more customers in the world enjoy their "Karada ni Peace Calpis".